Mulga is a tiny town located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 768 people and two associated neighborhoods, Mulga is the 317th largest community in Alabama. Much of the housing stock in Mulga was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.Mulga is a blue-collar town, with 55.98% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Mulga is a town of transportation and shipping workers, construction workers and builders, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Mulga who work in office and administrative support (11.58%), healthcare (8.11%), and sales jobs (6.56%). One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 7.34% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Mulga has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Mulga a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. One downside of living in Mulga, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 35.69 minutes every day commuting to work. As is often the case in a small town, Mulga doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.Mulga ranks among the bottom of the nation in terms of college education compared to other cities and towns: only 4.44% of people over 25 have a college degree. The per capita income in Mulga in 2022 was $27,454, which is middle income relative to Alabama, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $109,816 for a family of four. However, Mulga contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Mulga is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Mulga home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Mulga residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Mulga include English, Irish, German, French, and Polish. The most common language spoken in Mulga is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
